Florida State University - Renegade / Tally Ho Yearbook (Tallahassee, FL)

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1985 was the year for new laws in the state of Florida. As if raising the drinking age was not enough, three more laws affected students and local residents alike. All of those customers frequen- ting bars who chose to stand outside could no longer do so with a drink in their hands — at least not within 500 feet of the establishment. To follow it up, all open alcohol con- tainers in public were declared illegal. But the most disturbing and con- troversial law of all was the new smoking law. Through the new law, smoking was prohibited in all public places, except where otherwise designated. Laws weren ' t the only new talk in town this year. Tallahassee celebrated its new Florida Vietnam Memorial on Veteran ' s Day in front of the capitol. Crowds of Florida veterans, their families, and concerned citizens came to pay tribute to the noble veterans. Renovations dotted the city as well. The Duval Hotel and the State Theatre both received face hfts for the beautification of the city. Tallahassee also received a new, larger courthouse. But plans for the courthouse did not go as smoothly as those for the hotel and theatre. Ground was barely broken before Monroe Street suf- fered cracks in the lane nearest the construction work. But the problem was solved and Tallahassee saw progress continue on its new courthouse. Controversy struck the city on the subject of two Tallahassee landmarks: the Canopy Roads and Lake Ella. Fate of the trees and prohibition of bicyclists on the roads concerned the city. They

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BW mill f IP I • r M II 1 1 1 f 11 » i I M .♦-Si • • % maintained that the roads were too narrow for both motorists and bicycHsts and the tree danghng over the roads proposed danger to both. However, the cychsts maintained that there had been less ac- cidents on the Canopy Roads and to bar them from using the roads would force them into the busier streets where their lives would be in more danger. The city, devoted to cleaning up Lake Ella, had problems on the methods by which to do so. The method finally chosen in- volved applying a type of acid to the water in order to sink the pollutants to the bottom. However, the acid killed all of the fish and some ducks living there. The outcome was unexpected, yet still a result of poor research in- to the method used. Tallahassee 3